Here are two pieces of info that may be of interest to the Slavic SIG.

1. There was an article about East European Roma in The Seattle Times
newspaper Sun Feb 6, 2005 "Nations pledge to improve Gypsies' lot"
seattletimes.nwsource.com/ . If folks can't access the article and would
like me to mail a copy, they can contact me with their snail mail address.

2. There will be an Armenian dance class near Seattle in March (copy of
emails below).

Attention All
What? Armenian Dance Workshop
When? March 12 & 13
Time? 1-4pm with breaks
Where? Robinswood High School (cafeteria)
Who? Hasmik Harutyunyan of the Shoghaken Ensemble
Price? $25 per class (Sunday class is the same as Saturday)

We have a rare opportunity in Seattle area to learn some traditional
dances (and songs) from a master teacher. Hasmik is the feamle lead singer
of the Shoghaken Ensemble (featured in The Music of Armenia series). She
has done much research on Armenian music and has taught and performed in
America, Europe and more recently Dubai. She is the artistic director for
the Hayrig Mouradian Children's Song and Dance Folklore Group. She will be
teaching variouse traditional dances of Armenia on Saturday, the same class
will be repeated Sunday for those who work on Saturday. Her class will
include a handout that briefly discusses the history of Armenian dance,
step instructions on the dances, and some songs that go with the dances.
There will also be some CDs for sale for those interested in Armenian music.

So please, don't miss this opportunity to learn about Armenian dance,
join the workshop. If you have a favorite dish, please bring it to the
class to share. Don't forget to tell your friends. "You snooze you lose".

Directions: From I-5 take I-405 exit. From 405 take I-90 (Spokane)
exit. Take 148th st exit. Turn right at 22nd st. School is on the left,
opposite the soccer field.

For more info and to register for the class contact Aline Kevorkian
(Goran) at (360) 357-3639 or e-mail at zarehl@...